Beck Grove Cottage, Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DB

Beck Grove Cottage is a detached house in Ambleside (LA22 0DB). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

At 117 m² the property is well over the postcode median (32 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £480,000 in July 2018. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 7 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £693,000 is 44.4% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£381/sq ft) was about 70% above the typical sold price in the postcode.